Faisal Rafique, Technical Consultant

Faisal Rafique

Technical Consultant

R-Tech

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Diploma, MCITP
Experience
21 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 4 Months

Technical Consultant at R-Tech
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since June 2011

Our company is consultant firm for IT solutions at Enterprise level and my responsibilities include providing the technical consultancy for the project in implementation and designing of System / Network related solution and performing the following tasks.

IT project system / network coordination and participate in planning and the development of systems.
Training of staff members.
Providing consultancy in configuration of Servers (windows and Linux) which includes
Deployment of operating systems on (HP, Dell and IBM) server machines.
Server virtualization implementation using HyperV and VMWare Server.
Active Directory configuration and management
Exchange Server 2010 configurations and implementation.
Migration from Exchange 2007 to exchange 2010.
Exchange Edge Server Role configurations.
Implementation of Forefront Protection with Exchange.
Microsoft Forefront TMG Configurations.
Linux Apache Server Implementation.
Implement clustering using heartbeat in Linux.
Configure and Manage Linux NIS and NFS Servers.
Samba integration with Windows Servers.
Configuration of DHCP, DNS server.
DFS implementation and its configuration.
SCCM configurations and Implementation.
SCOM configurations for monitoring of server and workstations.
VPN Implementation for site to site connectivity.
Web Server configurations.
Configuration of Certificate Services.
Storage Configuration including HP, QNAP and IBM storages.
Clustering configurations.
Maintaining system security.
Maintaining data storage for network users.
Preparation of disaster recovery plan.
Network security and network policy management.
Technical consultancy for different government and private sector departments.
Researches and implementation of new and advanced techniques in networking and communication.

Senior System Administrator at National Simulation Center
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • February 2006 to April 2011

Managing the entire LAN which includes data center, ISP and also participate in and support capacity planning and the development of long-term strategic goals for systems in conjunction with end-users and department managers.

Deploy operating systems (Windows and Linux) on servers (HP, Dell, IBM), workstation.

Perform network and security audits, trouble shoot, resolve hardware and software problems on servers, input /out fleet, and workstations

Designs and implements redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data.

Design and implement the different servers and perform configuration on them which includes

Managing Active Directory Server.
Design and implement the Group policies on entire network.
Configure and manage DNS and DHCP Servers.
Configure and manage SCOM and SCCM server.
Configure and manage Share Point Server.
Configure and manage clients for Share point.
Implementing Policies on share point.
Configure Microsoft OCS server.
Configure and implement Windows Cluster Server.
Configure and manage Linux squid server.
Configure and manage Linux Apache Server.
Configure clustering using heartbeat in Linux.
Configure and Manage Linux NIS and NFS Servers.
Configure and manage DFS Server.
Configure and Manage ISA 2006 Server.
Configure and Manage IIS Server.
Configure and Manage Microsoft Exchange Server.
Configure and manage VMware Server.
Install and configure Windows Servers on VMware server.

Deploy the backup policies and perform and test routine system backups and restores. Implement security policies and deploy switches and firewalls and all host security systems.

Install and configure Symantec Backup Exec solutions for backup.
Configure Backup Exec for Windows and Linux Servers.
Configure the backup policies.
Installing and Managing the Cisco Router, switches and Firewall.
Managing the Cisco, 3 com and Allied Telesyn Switches.
Configuration of VLANs.

System / Network Administrator at Aces Soft
  • Pakistan - Rawalpindi
  • August 2004 to February 2006

Managing the entire network.

Deploy workstation, servers (HP, Dell, IBM), printers, scanners.

Manage all operating system (Windows and Linux ) and end user software, Including workstation connectivity.

Designs and implements redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data.

Installations, Configurations and Troubleshooting of Windows (2k/2k3/XP), DNS, DHCP.

Management and Administration of Active Directory, Domain Controllers, TCP/IP, Security Permissions, VNC, Terminal services, VMware, and IIS.

Installation of Linux Operating Systems and Configuration of Network File Server, Router, SAMBA.

Management and Administration of Antivirus Server, Server/Client application management.

Deploy the Trusting between different Domains in the network.

Implement OS Clustering, Exchange Clustering with HP Storage.

Design- implementing and troubleshooting LAN, WAN.

Configure the backup policies.

Configuration of Network policies.

Installing and Managing the Cisco Router.

Managing the Cisco, 3 com and Allied Telesyn Switches.

System Engineer at Redco Group of Companies
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • September 2003 to July 2004

Installations, Configurations and Troubleshooting of Windows Server and client operating systems

Installation and configuration of DNS, DHCP servers.

Installation and configuration of ISA server.

Configuration of DSL.

Installation and configuration of Active Directory, Domain Controllers.

Group policies implementation and users permission Management.

Installation and configuration of Exchange Server.

Management and Administration of Antivirus Server, Server/Client application management.

Configure the backup policies.

Configuration of Network policies.

Managing the 3 com and Allied Telesyn Switches.

Faculty member at Corvit Systems
  • Pakistan
  • September 2002 to May 2003

Teaching MCSE 2000 to the students

Education

Diploma, MCITP
  • at Microsoft
  • August 2010
Diploma, MCTS
  • at Microsoft
  • July 2010
Diploma, Enterprise Routing and Switching
  • at Juniper Certification
  • May 2007
Diploma, Linux Based Simulation Training
  • at Rolands Associates
  • February 2007
Diploma, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • at Cisco
  • June 2005

Completed the Cisco Certification

Master's degree, Network
  • at Federal University
  • June 2005

Completed the Masters with CGPA 3.5

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Allama Iqbal Open University
  • July 2003

Completed the Bachelors

Diploma, Redhat Linux
  • at LDC IT Systems
  • May 2002
Diploma, MCSA
  • at Microsoft
  • September 2001

Completed my certification of MCSA.

High school or equivalent, MCP
  • at Microsoft
  • July 2001
High school or equivalent, Pre Engineering
  • at Govt Gordon College
  • April 2000

Completed My pre Engineering

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at F.G. Public
  • May 1998

Completed My Matriculation in 1998

Specialties & Skills

Simulation
Installation
Administration
Management
Science
Windows 2003 / 2008 Servers
Cisco Routers
Juniper
Allied Telesys
Juniper
Symantec Backup Exec
Microsoft Exchange Server
Active Directory
Linux Squid , Apache
ISA Server

Languages

English
Expert